The climate in the north is more predictable than in the south, which makes growing herbs and livestock there more promising than in Russia's climatically unstable central and southern regions, Moscow State University geography department senior researcher Yury Golubchikov, said.
Russia’s North faces danger from the Arctic ozone hole
Russia’s subpolar regions may find themselves affected by a newly discovered hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic, according to the British science weekly Nature. Ozone layer this year is the most serious on record and that the hole is likely to expand even further.
Russia can move quickly forming partnerships in the Arctic
Expanding to new territories, capturing new sources of wealth and influence always was at the center of aspirations of people, states, and capital. The Arctic is probably the last frontier.
